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Financial planning

One of the better performing investment strategies employed by superannuation funds in 2006 were multi-sector options with high weightings to local shares, according to r...

Financial planning

A year on from establishing itself in Australia under its own brand, Putnam Investments has received its first rating from a retail researcher with Zenith Investment Part...

Funds management

Unlike bonds, which can be hedged 100 per cent back to the local currency for good returns with little risk, equities can produce very different results depending on port...

Financial planning

Risk mitigation and hedge funds were the central tenets of the latest Standard & Poor’s Asset Allocation report....

Financial planning

As the credit security market continues to flourish, investors are warned a lack of understanding of the risks associated with investing in non-government bonds could mea...

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Superannuation

Absolute return fund of hedge funds (FOHFs) are indispensable to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) for both returns and diversification, according to HFA Research investme...

Financial planning

Citigroup has launched Optimiser 4, a multi-asset structured product offering returns calculated retrospectively on the best performing of three distinct multi-asset ‘inv...

Financial planning

AMP Capital Investors has flagged its intention to offer investors access to China A shares and bonds via a fund to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange....

Editorial

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Financial planning

Investors should strive to obtain an accurate value for assets they are considering purchasing and pay a price below that value irrespective of the asset class being asse...

Financial planning

A new report has been released that is designed to help advisers and investors compare the issues and risks of different income-orientated products....

Editorial

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Funds management

A 10 per cent increase in favourable sentiment to cash was one of the most significant trends to emerge in the September 2006 Russell Investment Manager Outlook quarterly...

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Financial planning

Distressed debt is one prospective growth area within the private equities space identified by Standard & Poor’s latest asset allocation report....

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